WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet: ... Linking agrobiz, sustainable environs, people & technology
WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet | By Remmy Nweke
With $21bn in new loans, why is Nigeria still begging for $516m to save 1m starving children? We analyze the "Asphalt vs. Bread" paradox and the politics of malnutrition debt.
Introduction:
While the Federal Government and humanitarian partners are currently knocking on the doors of the international community for a $516 million "urgent appeal" to save 1 million children from malnutrition, the national ledger tells a different story. In the same fiscal cycle, the Nigerian Senate has approved a massive $21.19 billion external borrowing plan for 2025–2026.The contrast is jarring. On one hand, the government is pleading for donor "mercy" to fund the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP). On the other, it is aggressively securing loans that dwarf the malnutrition appeal by nearly 40 times.
... Linking agrobiz, sustainable environs, people & technologyA looming catastrophe of child malnutrition threatens Nigeria's North-East, with a staggering 1 million children in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) states projected to be at risk in 2026, reports NaijaAgroNet. This dire forecast comes as the Nigerian government, alongside humanitarian partners, launches an urgent appeal for $516 million to provide critical support to 2.5 million people in the conflict-affected region.
... Linking agrobiz, sustainable environs, people & technologyA surge in plantain harvests across Southern Nigeria is reshaping local food markets, as farmers, traders and processors respond to what many describe as the most abundant plantain season in recent years, reports NaijaAgroNet.From Ondo to Delta, Cross River and parts of the South-East, bunches of ripe and semi-ripe plantain have flooded rural and urban markets, causing a mild price drop at the retail end while opening new prospects for agro-processing.
The contrast is jarring. On one hand, the government is pleading for donor "mercy" to fund the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP). On the other, it is aggressively securing loans that dwarf the malnutrition appeal by nearly 40 times. 
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